#486BDE#486BDE

#486BDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.180 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BDE
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 24.92, -62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 67.31, 291.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% -0.0076 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.18 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1104, 17.1650, 71.2937)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BDE #DEBB48

analogous

#48B6DE #486BDE #7048DE

triadic

#486BDE #DE486B #6BDE48

tetradic

#486BDE #DE48B6 #DEBB48 #48DE70

square

#486BDE #DE48B6 #DEBB48 #48DE70

split-complementary

#486BDE #DE7048 #B6DE48

monochromatic

#1A3691 #2449C5 #486BDE #7C95E7 #B0BFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#486BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#486BDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BDE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BDE	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.180 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b94e9',
    500: '#486bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bde;
$custom-light: #8b94e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56489,
    "c": 0.17978,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BDE

secondary

#DFD1A3

accent

#C33CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BDE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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